Comments on: Review: Windows 8 tries to unite two worlds and ends up botching them bothhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/
Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:50:29 +0000hourly1By: acturbohttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-489020
Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:20:08 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-489020same experience here, including actually downloading Ubuntu, installing it onto a USB stick, rebooting and running Ubuntu from this USB drive to see what it was all about. You know what, it’s not bad and fairly intuitive — kinda fun actually poking around. I’ve never done anything like that before … i’m a 20 year MS / DOS / Windows developer, power user, graphic designer veteran … and a former sr. product manager at Microsoft to boot. Windows 8 on the desktop is a disaster. The Windows Phone 8 (HTC 8x) is “just ok”. I’ll be reverting back to my iPhone soon. Ballmer needs to go, Gates needs to come back to right this wrong and reset the PC industry as Jobs did for Apple.
]]>By: Rene Gonzalezhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-485605
Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:28:31 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-485605Well o do not own a windows phone but I bin waching some videos and positive coversations. The my next phone is gping to be a windows phone
]]>By: Whoareyouhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-480203
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:09:35 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-480203I was completely with you until you had to politicize your comment. W8 is absolutely horrible for those of us that use our OS to get work done, but trying to equate those that will think it is great and those that will hate it with various voting blocs is a fairly weak fallacy.
]]>By: khoaxhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-480045
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:34:05 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-480045Hahah, when you said I’m typing this on my Macbook PRO I stopped reading – lost respect instantly – your opinion no longer mattered.
]]>By: Kevin McCaugheyhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-477399
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:17:47 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-477399I totally agree with the review – I couldn’t have put it better myself. I tried (really tried) for a week to use Windows 8. It totally kills my productivity and doing some hidden steps to get to the desktop doesn’t help. Windows 8 is there at every stage to block my progress.

They needed two OS’s, now they have one that will go down much worse than Vista. I am now investigating moving long term to Ubuntu. Even unity is preferable to New UI or whatever it’s called.

This is a horrible OS revision. Microsoft has tried to dumb down the OS to try and woo back the masses of mental midgets they lost to Apple. In the process the Microsoft brain trust decided that a single OS for your phone, tablet, laptop and PC would be amazing. “The ignorant hordes will only need to learn one UI. We are brilliant! Let us high five each other as we bask in our awesomeness.” Simplistic platforms are great for old people and the simple minded. “Don’t know how to do anything? No problem at all – pay us and we’ll do it for you.” Awesome – if you have a job with a name on your shirt and your total computing requirements amount to an internet ready device with a web browser, email, and apps to hit Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest; you’re all set with Windows 8. However if you are under 50 and you’ve made it into the 25% (or over) tax bracket, you will likely find this OS is a total abortion that destroys multitasking efficiency. Anyone focused on productivity, business related work tasks, or expediency in interacting with the UI will take exception with this rewrite. For the other 51% of people out there that just voted back in Obama, it will be right at your speed. I even hear there is a native release of Angry birds coming for you!

]]>By: John Barnetthttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-476410
Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:44:08 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-476410I have heard others having problems with Windows 8. I have been using Vista 64 for the past 3-4 years and it is a very stable system for me. I did use Windows 7 on a couple of netbooks, but that tended to slow everything down. Left netbook, bought an IPad and have been happy since. Apple is stable and when I need a Microsoft operating system, Vista 64 is very nice.
]]>By: Kevin GQhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-475882
Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:36:55 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-475882I agree. It not only sucks. It sucks BIG. I’ve﻿ been on technical support for 5 days in a row. for an average of FOUR hours (yes 4) each day. I wil l never buy another PC again. I’m going with Apple from here forward. Apple operating system upgrades are seamless. Windows are a nightmare. I’m through. Bye bye Microsoft. You suck.
]]>By: Richard Willshttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474506
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:41:25 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474506it sucks, because it’s windows, and it’s overpriced. android is better hands down because each app on an android tablet has it’s own icon and you don’t have to search for stuff like you do on this tablet…WINDOWS 8 SUCKS ! , as far as windows goes , WINDOWS XP RULES. But on tablets, deasktops and laptops and smartphones LINUX / ANDROID RULES !…
]]>By: Glynn Robbinshttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474454
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:24:41 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474454I bought a copy of Win 8 Pro in Best Buy on Saturday; yesterday I reformatted my 4 year old Dell laptop that I was using Win 7 Ultimate on, with it. It definitely runs faster, other than that, I’m still undecided right now. Seems kind of gimmicky, and less intuitive compared to Win 7, but that could just be the learning curve from using multiple machines daily running Win 7 Ultimate!
]]>By: Jerry Xiaohttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474244
Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:16:18 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474244i want to blow my brains out, windows 8 is so much flashier and complicated than 7
]]>By: John NHThttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474173
Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:01:01 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474173Very well said. I have nothing more to add because you pretty much said how I felt too!! Thanks!!
Oh, I think you may have forgotten a couple of SNAPS afterwards LOL!!

I’d still like an explanation as to why not being able to install legacy software on a tablet is a CON. Name one tablet that can run any kind of “legacy”/desktop application?? It’s not a limitation of Windows RT, it’s a TABLAY!! (Yeah, I know: I said Tablay. The “t” is silent. :-) )

]]>By: Jeff Davishttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474157
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:16:45 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474157interestingly the win8 interface appears to have been poorly copied from Linux unity/net book remix. and perhaps the bastard love child of that and a smart phone. that said our initial testing shows it to be much faster on lower end systems than win 7 or even XP. I was surprised. of course they are going to eff it up with their usual Byzantine licensing.
]]>By: HJ Kimhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474158
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:16:45 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474158i think win8 could have been way better.
]]>By: Jeff Davishttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474156
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:16:44 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474156randy has obviously not used Linux much.
]]>By: Edward Jenkinshttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474143
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:40:07 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474143If a person can work the Rubic cube then windows 8 isn’t a problem!
]]>By: Randy Pottlehttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474122
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:28:15 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474122Lol Linux is a JOKE
]]>By: Aaron Barneshttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474041
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 03:23:19 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474041Hey kid ,how are you? long time ,keep in touchok?
]]>By: Melvin R. Kilgorehttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474022
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:24:24 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474022I was on MS’s “Beta Team” for Windows 8, 7 and Vista. Other beta members (and myself included) notified MS of various bugs and glitches we had found with the OS, they did manage to fix some of them with their so-called “Hotfixes”. A hotfix is meant as a workaround, not a cure-all fix. We felt that the OS should not have been released into production until we had a chance to find and fix all the problems that are present in it. Consumers may enjoy the “flash” of a new OS at first, but only until the bugs and glitches start showing up (ones that we knew were already there). This OS should have been kept “in-house” (so-to-speak) for at least 4-6 months longer, to give us give more time to make it more stable.
]]>By: Edward Galarzahttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474023
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:24:24 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474023Too soon to ask this question DT, it was only released to the masses yesterday. I’m waiting for Fedex to deliver my copy today. Ask this question in about two weeks or a month from now. I would like to think DT provides objective news, but these type of questions really isn’t helping DT objectivity. Please leave out personal opinions about Microsoft the company and its products. I am no Microsoft fanatic and I have used every incarnation of Windows since 1.0 in the 80s, Linux, IBM OS, MacOS and recently iOS (not to mention SunOS, BSD and a few mainframe OS) and I look for objective reviews, not for the ubiquitous venom spewed by every teenage nerd out there with the distorted sense of reality that everyone else in the world is an computer illiterate idiot. People are getting tired of this heavily biased journalism, we want to make a decision for ourselves rather than follow the herd.
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Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:24:24 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474024I want to know how Jon Beck has owned a Surface Pro for three months since it hasn’t been released and he isn’t a FTE at Microsoft.

With that said (and I’ve said it before), I’ve been running Win 8 Ent for a while, zero problems. There’s one or two tiny things I wish I could change but nothing substantial.

]]>By: Daric Wadehttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474025
Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:24:24 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474025This isn’t like reviewing a videogame. Microsoft will roll out service packs that fix problems and add features, as they always do. This was a bold step for them and I think it’ll pay off.
]]>By: Lionel Carolushttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-474003
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:27:44 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-474003I would ask Rick on thing,,which operating system he uses and which tablet he uses..
]]>By: Brendan Lauxhttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-473915
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:45:45 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473915I feel that windows 8 was too much of a big change that’s going to hurt them in the end.

Benefits – I got a great deal on a Windows 7 laptop yesterday!!

]]>By: lomilohttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-473896
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:05:52 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473896Oooo I forgot to mention something. I can’t believe you actually liked the design of the Microsoft App Store… I mean its great when you click to see the application details, but good luck finding the application in the first place.
]]>By: lomilohttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-473895
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:01:59 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473895I am not speaking on Microsoft’s behalf, but your review is atrocious. Have you even used Windows RT for longer than five minutes? I am the furthest thing from a Microsoft fan boy, heck I am using my Macbook Pro to type this. Do not get me wrong your entire review had a few good things to say, but a thousand and two bad things. Let us start with the good things. First, I agree Microsoft has done a terrible job marketing the difference between the RT version of Windows 8 and the actual windows 8. Nevertheless, besides RT having no legacy application support it will function exactly the same as a Windows 8 computer. In fact, in the near future most of us will be using RT inspired chipset computers anyways. Also, as the reviewer this RT nonsense shouldn’t be a negative towards Windows 8, you should just inform the readers that if they happen to like legacy applications do not buy Windows RT. Instead, buy the actual Windows 8. Now onto the second good thing you said, the shutdown button being in the settings mode and a bit out of reach. Agreed on this subject but let us be honest if it was on the charm bar alone it would cause more problems than it would fix.
Now for the bad parts. First, who is this review meant for? Consumers or Business? If it were for consumers, as I’d like to believe, why would you even mention the Enterprise version? To confuse people even more? It just doesn’t make sense I only saw the enterprise edition mentioned once in this entire, so called, review. Then, you mention “Old Windows”, and its missing start menu button in the lower left corner. However, right after that you mention that moving the mouse to where the start menu button used to be causes the start screen to appear. I’ll tell you what happens every time I do the same thing, internet explorer launches. This happens to be a smart move, because nothing irritated me more than clicking the Start Menu button in desktop mode, just out of habit, and then taking me to the metro UI.
Then you begin to mention how PC users never needed picture password, virtual keyboards, and other touch-centric stuff. Guess what this may shock you, but you don’t have to have a picture password or use a virtual keyboard, also the virtual keyboard existed on Windows 7, did you use it then? I personally love using the picture password, why waste time typing when you can push three parts of a picture and log in. Once again, this stuff shouldn’t have a negative impact on a review. And since you seem to hate using Windows 8 on a desktop computer for some odd reason. Namely you mention that charms pop up when you don’t want them to (calling it bloatware), and that you can’t view apps without going to the start menu. First of all your charm problem can be solved by using a scroll wheel, second add the applications to the desktop in “Old Windows” problems solved. Yet you say “Windows 8 destroyed” the keyboard and mouse. I bet you that if you had a race with anyone from your staff, or a child between Windows 7, Mac OSX Lion, and Windows 8 to see who could finish a set of tasks faster using only desktop computers, Windows 8 would probably win. Now I have a huge problem with this.
As Steve Jobs would say it, “You just don’t get it”. This is a philosophy of a simpler life. And you know how this is evident? You say, “So what is it like to actually use this new MACHINATION?” Just plain terrible and you call this a review. More like a Neanderthal using a hammer for the first time, and then complaining about how his hands do a better job than the hammer. Look as I said I am not a fan boy to Microsoft, nor any other company. I just love innovation and this is the first time since probably the iPhone that a product has reinvented the wheel, but moreover, this is the first time since the Macintosh that a product has reinvented the way we think. Now, you say that Apple and Google are going in the right direction. Apple hasn’t invented something new since the iPhone, and if you consider the iPad an innovation you must be kidding. Heck iOS looks exactly the same as it did five years ago. And Google is at least releasing completely new products, not just making them thinner and lighter.
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Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:14:15 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473856Windows 8 for desktop is a modified windows 7…and all the nice laptops comming out with windows 8 are touchscreen. I think this is going to be a great OS for a laptop and even a desktop. Thinks are just a little different aesthetically.
]]>By: Ulysses Hervias Valerahttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-473857
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:14:15 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473857To hell with biased “pundits” who have been extolling the demise of Microsoft. I am putting more money to Microsoft.
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Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:14:14 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473855touch screen mobile os for desktops? why not lol
]]>By: Steeleyehttp://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-8-review/#comment-473843
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:07:13 +0000http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=385994#comment-473843It’s called a “review”. A “review” is a statement of opinion, albeit ideally backed up with facts.
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